Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349...1935 - 226 pages |
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... anaA MARETOM I KOL lanosalW MKAMITIND T APRIL 29 , 30 , AND MAY 1 , 1935 135035 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1935 SET - BACK LEVEES ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HEARINGS BEFORE. 44. F65 : M69 " 7-16-35 Front Cover.
... anaA MARETOM I KOL lanosalW MKAMITIND T APRIL 29 , 30 , AND MAY 1 , 1935 135035 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1935 SET - BACK LEVEES ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HEARINGS BEFORE. 44. F65 : M69 " 7-16-35 Front Cover.
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... " APPROVED MAY 15 , 1928 , AS AMENDED PS4-68 135035 APRIL 29 , 30 , AND MAY 1 , 1935 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1935 11 COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL RILEY J. WILSON , Louisiana , 44.F65 : 169 " 7-1654.
... " APPROVED MAY 15 , 1928 , AS AMENDED PS4-68 135035 APRIL 29 , 30 , AND MAY 1 , 1935 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1935 11 COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL RILEY J. WILSON , Louisiana , 44.F65 : 169 " 7-1654.
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... Government with the purchase of flowage rights or easements over lands running into more than hundreds of thousands of acres , and involving , according to some statements , as much as $ 100,000,000 . Regardless of the justice of the ...
... Government with the purchase of flowage rights or easements over lands running into more than hundreds of thousands of acres , and involving , according to some statements , as much as $ 100,000,000 . Regardless of the justice of the ...
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... Government , the local interests have contributed up to date $ 41,403,680.66 , according to the report of the Chief of Engineers , which I have . The resources of the local interests are exhausted , and unless we provide by legislation ...
... Government , the local interests have contributed up to date $ 41,403,680.66 , according to the report of the Chief of Engineers , which I have . The resources of the local interests are exhausted , and unless we provide by legislation ...
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... Government made these changes on its own initiative ; that is right , is it not ? The CHAIRMAN . As to where the levee line should be ? Mr. ZIMMERMAN . Yes . The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . As to the men back of the levee , it ...
... Government made these changes on its own initiative ; that is right , is it not ? The CHAIRMAN . As to where the levee line should be ? Mr. ZIMMERMAN . Yes . The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . As to the men back of the levee , it ...
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100 percent acres Amount taken Assessed Amounts not paid Arkansas Atchafalaya Basin Levee Bank Basin Levee District Baton Rouge Bayou bill Black River built under Flood CHAIRMAN Charles Church committee construction material_ Contract construction of United contract executed cost of project County district for construction drainage Engineering farm Flood Control Act going Government Gravel Highway Levee Highway Improve inclusive Interest JACOBS James John Joseph Lake Landside toe length levee board Levee Highway Levee levee highway project levees built Louisiana Mary ments actu miles miscellaneous expenses Mississippi River old levee Owner paid by Atchafalaya paid to date Parish PARISH-Continued plantation Point Pontchartrain Levee District Price per ments RICH right-of-way acquired Right-of-way and miscellaneous Square statement supervision surveys Tabulation of right-of-way taken Assessed value Total amount Total assessed Total cost Total taken United States levees value of land WHITTINGTON WOLFE
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